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   Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a family of small flies consisting of 3,600 species. The word mosquito (formed by mosca and diminutive-ito) is Spanish and Portuguese for little fly. Mosquitoes have a slender segmented body, one pair of wings, three pairs of long hair-like legs, and specialized, highly elongated, piercing-sucking mouthparts.

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2. www.nbcnews.com › science › environmentTo fight mosquitoes, L.A. is releasing thousands of other ...

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   9 hours ago · To fend off aggressive female mosquitoes, L.A. is releasing thousands of sterile males. A mosquito species that targets humans has moved into Southern California. Officials are sending out lab ...

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   What is the oldest mosquito in the world?

   • The oldest known mosquitoes are Libanoculex intermedius found in Lebanese amber, dating to the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous, around 125 million years ago. The mouthparts of male individuals of this species are similar to living female mosquitoes, indicating that they consumed blood, unlike living male mosquitoes.

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   What does a mosquito look like?

   • The word mosquito (formed by mosca and diminutive -ito) is Spanish and Portuguese for little fly. Mosquitoes have a slender segmented body, one pair of wings, three pairs of long hair-like legs, and specialized, highly elongated, piercing-sucking mouthparts.

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   Could a Wolbachia-carrying mosquito supplant a local population?

   • Mosquitoes are increasingly resistant to insecticides. But the Wolbachia trial results in Indonesia suggested that if the Wolbachia-carrying mosquitoes supplanted the local population, then the bacteria might be established for good — and no further mosquito control would be needed. From Indonesia, Dr. O’Neill’s group took their testing to Brazil.

   Unleashing a New Weapon on the Mosquito: A Mosquito

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   How long did it take to produce a million mosquitoes a week?

   • It took seven years for the mosquito factory there to be able to produce over a million insects a week. Personnel is the main cost; automatization, like using the drone to manage the releases that Mr. Victoria did by hand, helps streamline the process. A World Mosquito Program drone taking off from an empty parking lot.

   Unleashing a New Weapon on the Mosquito: A Mosquito

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4. www.nytimes.com › 2023/09/29 › healthMosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing ...

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   Sep 29, 2023 · Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress - The New York Times. Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and...

5. www.nytimes.com › interactive › 2023/09/29Unleashing a New Weapon on the Mosquito: A Mosquito

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   Sep 29, 2023 · Now What? Unleashing a New Weapon on the Mosquito: A Mosquito. One Village, Two Houses — and a New Tactic to Win the War on Mosquitoes. These scientists began to consider a parasitic bacteria...

6. www.latimes.com › environment › storyMosquito season is upon us. So why are Southern California ...

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   Apr 25, 2024 · 1. Solomon Birhanie inspects a container of mosquito larvae in the lab at the West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District in Ontario. 2. Birhanie and his team raise mosquitoes in the lab ...

7. www.nytimes.com › mosquitoes-stephanie-nolenThe Mosquitoes Are Coming - The New York Times

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   Sep 29, 2023 · I’ve discovered that mosquitoes are increasingly resistant to the insecticides on nets, that they now bite in the daytime and outdoors, and that climate change is quickly expanding the range of...

8. www.npr.org › 2024/04/28 › 1247703001Southern California gets ready to fight mosquito season - NPR

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   5 days ago · NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with scientific director Solomon Birhanie about his efforts to fight mosquitoes in Southern California by releasing sterile male mosquitoes into the population.